OT/Mold

[Guest guest]

We have similar problems, and we have unvented bathrooms too. I cannot

use any kind of bleach, it makes me vomit and gives my oldest child

severe headaches.

 

Get yourself a spray bottle and 1/2 ounce of tea tree oil (around $10

for the good stuff, you can buy cheaper stuff for $5 or 6 if you want

since it's not going on your face). Fill the bottle with warm water 3/4

of the way, pour in the tea tree oil. Spray on mold and wipe as usual.

 

The TTO is also very pungent, but in a more natural eucalyptus sort of

way. You can start with 1/4 ounce and see how it works too. It will kill

the mold but it won't remove the nasty black stain very well. I've found

a dish scrubber & water with some soap is most effective at that, and

then regrounting/recaulking as necessary. If you remove the mold and

then keep up with this spray every other day it will prevent the mold

from growing gain.

 

meg

 

linda wrote:

 

> I know this is way off topic and so labeled. But I need some advice

> since the net hasn't been too helpful. I live in western Oregon, home

> of the mold monster, and this year is really bad. I used bleach the

> other night on the mold and it worked of course like a charm. But, I

> had a really strange reaction to it...it destroyed my sense of smell

> and replaced it with a godawful stench. No one else could smell

> anything but the bleach. I never use bleach on anything else aside

> from mold. Now don't want to use it...the sense of smell is just now

> coming back and it has been days. Does anyone have another solution

> that is environmentally safe and human safe and that works. We have

> bathrooms with no fans to make things worse and only a heat lamp.

> linda

>

>

[Guest guest]

> I know this is way off topic and so labeled. But I need some advice

> since the net hasn't been too helpful. I live in western Oregon, home

> of the mold monster, and this year is really bad. I used bleach the

> other night on the mold and it worked of course like a charm. But, I

> had a really strange reaction to it...it destroyed my sense of smell

> and replaced it with a godawful stench. No one else could smell

> anything but the bleach. I never use bleach on anything else aside

> from mold. Now don't want to use it...the sense of smell is just now

> coming back and it has been days. Does anyone have another solution

> that is environmentally safe and human safe and that works. We have

> bathrooms with no fans to make things worse and only a heat lamp.

 

 

Could you spray daily with vinegar or alcohol? More a preventive than

cure, I suppose, but it might work.

 

Glad your sense of smell is coming back!